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[Damon]

I just finished We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (and posted a review, somewhere). And then I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou was next. Now, as an Alabama native and current New Orleanian, I'm reading Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson to see if I'm capable of getting homesick. My debut novel is based in my hometown of Mobile, AL, but it's not as Southern a novel as Jackson's. Enjoying it so far.

[Ginelle]

I am about to start The Stand By Stephen King. It was recommended by a friend and decided to give it a shot. I have read a couple of his books and love them so I am expecting to enjoy this novel book.

[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading The Lost Daughter by Diane Chamberlain earlier today and now I'm about 40 pages into Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher.

[Tess]

The Paris Wife

[Yuliya]

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - Amazing book! Thank you for all TNBBC members who discuss, reviewed and mention this book here, this is how I get know about this book and put on my to-read list. And now I'm reading this book and would recommend also to my friends and to other TNBBC members!

[Gary]

Just finished . It was a great book. I'm now starting .

[Flora]

Just getting started on Pax in the Land of Women. I loved The Priest and this one is just as good.

[PinkPanthress]

Salammbô -by Gustave Flaubert

[Paula]

I just started Death Comes to Pemberley - it is a update with a mystery twist by P. D. James. So far the delicate balance between Jane Austen's voice and P.D. James' spin on a a murder is working well!

[Chris]

I just finished Amulet, it was fantastic and I highly recommend it.

I'm moving onto Freedom, looking forward to it as I read The Corrections and loved it.

[Alex]

Chris wrote: "I just finished Amulet, it was fantastic and I highly recommend it.

If you're talking about Bolano, then The Skating Rink is another more recent good one.

[Alex]

I've been reading short stories about work from a Richard Ford edited anthology White Collar, Blue Collar, No Collar. A lot of gems and maybe only one or two I was disappointed by. Edward P. Jones, Bausch, Lahiri, Eugenides, and lots more.

[Brenda]

I just finished the wonderful police story entitled, "Fallen Angels" written by Connie Dial.

[Claire]

I just finished The Things They Carried and thought it was really good but sad. I am now starting People of the Book.

[Betsy]

You will like People of the Book, I bet. It is uplifting,and not too much of anything.

[Lisa]

I just started the The Sandcastle Girls as a book on tape. The plot is captivating and the characters are drawing me in. I'm finding it difficult to leave the book in my car.

[Brenda]

Last night i started reading The Summer Kitchen.

[PinkPanthress]

Schiffbruch mit Tiger -by- Yann Martel

[Catherine]

I'm reading David Lodge's "Deaf Sentence" and the Justine Larbalestier/Sarah Rees Brennan collaboration "Team Human".

I've also just finished Diana Wynne Jones's "Reflections", which I really enjoyed for the light it shed on the author's writing process.

[Betsy]

I'm a hundred and some pages into Gone Girl,and I'm finding the innerand outer lives of the characters intriquing.

[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading by Stolen: A Letter to My Captor Lucy Christopher and now I'm a few chapters into Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith.

[Claire]

Betsy wrote: "You will like People of the Book, I bet. It is uplifting,and not too much of anything."

Thanks, I am looking forward to reading it - I've heard good things about it!

[Jennifer]

Last night: Almost done with The Hard Way -- guess I won't be off this Reacher roll until I run out of unread books in the series. Also about halfway through Very Valentine and It Takes a Witch . Still haven't started Four of a Kind: A Novel which, along with Murder With Puffins , is next-up.

N. B. from today: Well I thought the two I mentioned above were my next-ups but I needed an audio book this morning so ended up starting Defending Jacob . New author for me and also unusual for me to read so recent a fiction release. Usually I'm a decade or two back for general fiction, but I just finished 11/22/63 and I downloaded Gone Girl -- unusual for me.

[Brenda]

For an upcoming book discussion I started reading The Language of Flowers, last night. I am liking it so far.

[Paula]

Just finished Death Comes to Pemberley- I enjoyed it with some reservations. PD James captures the tone and voice of Jane Austen. I am starting Final Jeopardywhich promises to be a good, taut mystery thriller! It's the first in a series too!

[Gary]

Finished by Gillain Flynn. It was not great but good enough that I will check out other books by her.
Today I am starting by Robin Cook. its time to get back to medical thrillers, my favorite genre.

[Karen M]

In the middle of two books:

Explosive Eighteen - sadly only one to go right now in this series
Whispering - new author for me, good book

[Nicole]

Yuliya wrote: "The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - Amazing book! Thank you for all TNBBC members who discuss, reviewed and mention this book here, this is how I get know about this book and put on my to-read list. An..."

I also enjoyed The Red Tent

[Susan]

Recently finished Lois McMaster Bujoid "The Curse of Chalion"

Boy can this woman write.

This is a wonderful fantasy story about a broken man, Cazaril, recovering himself. The story of our hero and what has happened to him enfolds slowly, and more and more the reader begins to empathize and understand just who Cazaril is.

I would say that this is a very spiritual read about guilt and redemption, about courage and sacrifice and putting "the right thing to do" over one's own interests.

I loved it and wished I had written it! It won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Locus Awards in 2002. Put it on your list if you love fantasy.

[Patricia]

I finished Something Dangerous by Penny Vincenzi and am moving onto the final book of the trilogy Into Temptation. I'm enjoying these books more than I thought I would.

[Flora]

I'm 2/3 of the way thru White Horse and I've just started Lyon

[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith this morning. I try to read at least one classic per month so this month I've decided to read The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.

[Susan]

I am reading "Mommy Can't You See...His EYES Are on me." by Carol Fetter. It is a $3.99 Indie book with unprofessional cover art, and I think some of her profit goes to charity.

I work in psychiatric emergency, and deal with sexually abused men and women as part of my normal duties. This is a true account of a woman who was abused. It is written from the POV of a child, and is really quite excellent.

I recommend it for those who wish to enlarge their experience, and who have a strong stomach! Compelling and horrific as a train wreck! An easy read, but not for the fainthearted!
Susan

[Alex]

I just finished Down and Out on Murder Mile by Tony O'Neill, and now I'm onto Robert Stone's memoir, Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties.

[Yuliya]

After so much of enjoyment of The Bell Jar and The Red Tentin a row I came to a phase of very disappointing (for me!) books such as Liars and Saints and Those Across the River, Nobody's Child - it's just zebra experience for me - so next strip supposed to be white

[Nancy from NJ]

Patricia wrote: "I finished Something Dangerous by Penny Vincenzi and am moving onto the final book of the trilogy Into Temptation. I'm enjoying these books more than I thought I would."

I really enjoyed these three books and while I own several other Vincenzi books, I've never picked them up.

[Susan]

Oh I loved that book. I loved all her books.

[Nancy from NJ]

Don't see the mini - series IMO. It doesn't resemble this bookat all and might ruin a great read. But if you read Pilcher's book Coming Home, there is a good movie starring Emily Morton based on the book.

[Susan]

Good plan. I just looked though all her books trying to find my favorite - but I can't recall the name. It was about an older woman, an artist. The scenery was amazing, and the family connections slowly unfolded. Really a gentle, subtle read. Left me with a really good feeling, a calm, satified, "life is good," feeling. I haven't enen put her on my books yet. I still have so many to put on.But that is because I am old! And have years of reading behind me!

[David]

I just started Evel Knievel Days by Pauls Toutonghi. Which is apropos since we're just starting the annual Evel Knievel Days weekend festival here in Butte, Montana. Loving Toutonghi's novel so far!

[David]

Kyle ~The Rebel Leader~ wrote: "David wrote: "I just started Evel Knievel Days by Pauls Toutonghi."
Kyle wrote: David, is this a book on the life of Evil Knievel? I'm a huge fan of his.

Kyle: No, it's not really about the late great Evel. It's about a young Egyptian-American living in Butte who is trying to find his place in the world after being dumped by his girlfriend and dealing with his slightly unstable mother. Eventually, he travels to Egypt in search of his deadbeat father. That description probably doesn't do the book justice; but trust me, it's got a brisk, easy-to-read style and thoroughly engaging characters.

[Paula]

I'm reading and am enjoying it so far, about 100 pages in.

[Claire]

The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory

[Rachel]

I'm reading A Game of Thrones by George R.R Martin and loving it so far!

[Nancy from NJ]

Susan wrote: "Good plan. I just looked though all her books trying to find my favorite - but I can't recall the name. It was about an older woman, an artist. The scenery was amazing, and the family connections s..."

Susan - are you referring to a Rosamunde Pilcher book -if so I think it's The Shell Seekers. But the older woman who is the main character has a father who is a famous artist and painted The Shell Seekers.

[Brenda]

I am seriously working on The Summer Kitchen.

[Paula]

I just finished and am now reading .

[Karen M]

I've almost done with and am about to start .

[Jennifer]

Guys, Maeve Binchy died! :-(

[Paula]

So sad!